Lockdown

 

I prefer to call it house arrest

as it is fast becoming an endurance test

Now we suffer human deprivation

an unbearable and intolerable condition

The pubs are now out of bounds

but the milkman continues his daily rounds

I go shopping wearing a bandit's mask

which makes the business more of a task

My glasses steam up and I collide with others

and on one occasion failed to see my brother

If I want to smoke my pipe in peace

I am let outside on a long leash

Neighbours view each other with suspicion

and wave from inside their own prison

We blame the Prime Minister of our nation

for this calamitous situation

But I look further afield to find

what the Chinese Communists have in mind

Is this a form of biological warfare or 

for them a deal at the next trade fair?